Mamta condoles Rituparno Ghosh's demise
IANS | 30 May 2013, 3:06 PMKolkata, May 30: Condoling the death of genius storyteller Rituparno Ghosh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said with Ghosh's demise the state has lost "a
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Bengal agrees to seek central forces for panchayat poll
PTI | 29 May 2013, 5:16 PMKolkata, May 29: The West Bengal government has decided to seek central forces for the panchayat poll in a bid to break the impasse over deployment of security forces, climbing
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Mamata slams hike in coal prices
IANS | 29 May 2013, 7:08 AMKolkata, May 29: West Bengal Chief Minister yesterday slammed the recent hike in coal prices and said that UPA-II's "anti-people decision" would affect the common man."Coal India
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Security alert for Bengal leaders after Chhattisgarh attack
IANS | 28 May 2013, 8:06 PMKolkata, May 28: After the Maoist attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an alert to West Bengal on the security of key
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Three arrested for cricket betting in Kolkata during IPL final
IANS | 27 May 2013, 7:00 AMKolkata, May 27: City police busted two alleged cricket betting rackets Sunday night and arrested three people from two areas of the metropolis while the Indian Premier League
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Howrah Lok Sabha bypoll in shadow of Saradha scam
PTI | 26 May 2013, 11:45 AMKolkata, May 26: The Howrah Lok Sabha by-election to be held in the shadow of Saradha chitfund scam will be a test case for the Mamata Banerjee government's popularity and for the
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Slips with holograms to replace coins on Kolkata buses
IANS | 25 May 2013, 6:16 PMKolkata, May 25: The familiar scenes of commuters arguing with conductors in Kolkata buses over short change may soon be a thing of past as the bus operators have now hit upon the
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Bengal govt to acquire two closed Saradha TV channels
IANS | 23 May 2013, 5:54 PMKolkata, May 23: In the wake of the shutting down of media houses owned by the scam-tainted Saradha Group and leaving hundreds of employees jobless, the West Bengal government
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Nine held for cricket betting in Kolkata
PTI | 23 May 2013, 7:31 AMKolkata, May 23: Nine people were yesterday detained here for their alleged involvement in a cricket betting racket.The nine were nabbed from Ultadanga area of the city yesterday
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Saradha Group director admitted to hospital
IANS | 22 May 2013, 8:34 AMKolkata, May 22: Debjani Mukherjee, one of the main accused in the Saradha Ponzi scam, was today admitted to the state-run SSKM hospital here.“She has been admitted with
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US Envoy Nancy Powell meets Mamata
PTI | 20 May 2013, 10:02 PMKolkata, May 20: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell on Monday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a visit to the city.Though it was just a “courtesy call”,
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Two years not adequate to evaluate my govt, says Mamata Banerjee
PTI | 19 May 2013, 8:53 PMKolkata, May 19: On the eve of Trinamool Congress government's completion of two years in office, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said, two years was not an adequate time to
